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The Orthodox Church, following strictly the shining example and teaching of the Holy Apostles, the teaching of the Fathers of the Church who have their succession, and the divinely-inspired decisions of the Ecumenical Synods, safeguards as a pearl of great price the faith of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church which the Christian plenitude experiences through their participation in the Sacraments and entire spiritual life of the divinely-founded ecclesiastical body.
Hence, whatever movement and improvised tension, personal or collective, in contempt or in breach of the dogmas of the Orthodox Christian faith and life in Christ within the Church as the only path for the salvation of our souls, all the more the self-proclaimed "supposedly charismatic" personality, is rejected always as an unacceptable innovation.
In this spirit, and for the beneficial protection of our pious Orthodox plenitude from dangerous spiritual confusion, who do not know well matters underlying the risk of delusion, we denounce from the Mother Church Vasiliki Paraskevis Pentaki - Ryden, widely known as "Vassula", and her organization founded under the title "True Life In God" which rashly and frivolously proposes teachings based on the supposed "direct dialogue between her and the Founder of the Church Jesus Christ our Lord", and those conquered by her and the supporters of "True Life In God", which deviate arbitrarily from the God-given teaching of the Church, but also scandalize the Orthodox phronema of pious believers.
Hence, we call upon the proponents of these unacceptable innovations and the supporters who maintain them, who henceforth are not admitted to ecclesiastical communion, not only to not be involved in the pastoral work of the local Holy Metropolis, but also to not preach their novel teachings, to prevent the appropriate sanctions under the Holy Canons.
We express, lastly, the profound sorrow of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the acts of some - fortunately few - clergy of the Orthodox Church to be found at talks of the said "Vassula" and give to her a "certificate of Orthodoxy."
At the Patriarchate, the 16th of March 2011
Of the Chief Secretariat of the Holy and Sacred Synod
Translated by John Sanidopoulos
ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΝ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΝ
Ἀνακοινωθέν περί τῆς Βασιλικῆς Παρασκευῆς Πεντάκη - Ρύντεν(Βασούλας)
Ἡ Ὀρθόδοξος Ἐκκλησία, ἀκολουθοῦσα ἀπαρεγκλίτως τό λαμπρόν ὑπόδειγμα καί τήν διδαχήν τῶν Ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων, τήν διδασκαλίαν τῶν ἐχόντων τήν ἐξ αὐτῶν Διαδοχήν Πατέρων τῆς Ἐκκλησίας καί τάς θεοπνεύστους Ἀποφάσεις τῶν Οἰκουμενικῶν Συνόδων, διαφυλάττει ὡς πολύτιμον μαργαρίτην τήν πίστιν τῆς Μιᾶς, Ἁγίας, Καθολικῆς καί Ἀποστολικῆς Ἐκκλησίας, τήν ὁποίαν βιώνει τό χριστεπώνυμον πλήρωμα αὐτῆς διά μέσου τῆς συμμετοχῆς εἰς τήν μυστηριακήν καί τήν καθόλου πνευματικήν ζωήν τοῦ θεοϊδρύτου ἐκκλησιαστικοῦ σώματος. Οὕτως, ἡ οἱαδήποτε τάσις αὐτοσχεδιασμοῦ καί κίνησις, προσωπική ἤ συλλογική, περιφρονήσεως ἤ ἀθετήσεως τῶν δογμάτων τῆς πίστεως τῶν Ὀρθοδόξων χριστιανῶν καί τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ζωῆς ἐντός τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ὡς μόνης ὁδοῦ διά τήν σωτηρίαν τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν, πολλῷ δέ μᾶλλον τῆς αὐτοανακηρύξεως προσώπων ὡς «δῆθεν χαρισματικῶν», ἀπεδοκιμάσθη πάντοτε ὡς ἀπαράδεκτος καινοτομία.
Ὑπό τό πνεῦμα τοῦτο, καί διά τήν ὀφειλετικήν προστασίαν τοῦ μέν εὐσεβοῦς ὀρθοδόξου πληρώματος ἐξ ἐπικινδύνων πνευματικῶν συγχύσεων, τῶν δέ μή γνωριζόντων καλῶς τά πράγματα ἐκ τοῦ ἐλλοχεύοντος κινδύνου τῆς πλάνης, ἀποδοκιμάζονται ὑπό τῆς Μητρός Ἐκκλησίας αἱ ὑπό τῆς Βασιλικῆς Παρασκευῆς Πεντάκη - Ρύντεν, εὐρύτερον γνωστῆς ὡς «Βασούλας», καί τῆς ὑπ᾿ αὐτῆς ἱδρυθείσης ὀργανώσεως ὑπό τόν τίτλον «Ἀληθινή ἐν Θεῷ ζωή» ἀκρίτως καί ἐπιπολαίως εἰσαγόμεναι διδασκαλίαι περί τῶν δῆθεν «ἀπ᾿ εὐθείας διαλόγων της μετά τοῦ Ἱδρυτοῦ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ» καί τῆς κατακτήσεως ὑπ᾿ αὐτῆς τε καί τῶν ὀπαδῶν της τῆς «ἀληθινῆς ἐν Θεῷ ζωῆς», αἱ ὁποῖαι παρεκκλίνουν αὐθαιρέτως τῆς θεοσδότου διδασκαλίας τῆς Ἐκκλησίας, ἀλλά καί σκανδαλίζουν τό ὀρθόδοξον φρόνημα τῶν εὐλαβῶν πιστῶν.
Ὅθεν, καλοῦμεν τούς εἰσηγητάς τῶν ἀπαραδέκτων αὐτῶν καινοτομιῶν καί τούς ἐμμένοντας εἰς αὐτάς ὑποστηρικτάς των, οἱ ὁποῖοι τούτου ἕνεκα δέν γίνονται δεκτοί εἰς ἐκκλησιαστικήν κοινωνίαν, ὄχι μόνον νά μή παρεμβαίνουν εἰς τό ποιμαντικόν ἔργον τῶν κατά τόπους Ἱερῶν Μητροπόλεων, ἀλλά καί νά ἀποκηρύξουν τάς καινοφανεῖς διδασκαλίας των, ὥστε νά προληφθοῦν αἱ ὑπό τῶν Ἱερῶν Κανόνων προβλεπόμεναι κυρώσεις.
Ἐκφράζομεν, τέλος, τήν βαθεῖαν λύπην τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριαρχείου ἐκ τῆς ἐνεργείας ἐνίων -ἐλαχίστων, εὐτυχῶς- κληρικῶν τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας νά παρευρίσκωνται εἰς ὁμιλίας τῆς εἰρημένης «Βασούλας» καί νά παρέχουν εἰς αὐτήν «πιστοποιητικά Ὀρθοδοξίας».
Ἐν τοῖς Πατριαρχείοις, τῇ 16ῃ Μαρτίου 2011
Ἐκ τῆς Ἀρχιγραμματείας τῆς Ἁγίας καί Ἱερᾶς Συνόδου
Read also: My Translation of the Decree Against Vassula Ryden
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Excellent news.
ReplyDeleteThank you, John, for translating and sharing this important statement.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the translation, John.
ReplyDeleteVery excellent news indeed! Thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteThank you John for the translation! Here in Switzerland we could never get a clear condamnation or official declaration concerning this sect by the hierarchy of Constantinople, and lots of simple, naive, but pious people got trapped in this pseudo teaching since it was not officially condemned!
ReplyDeleteI will post this on my blog tomorrow ( March 19, 2011)
http://orthodoxologie.blogspot.com/
Keep up the good work!
In Christ,
subdeacon Claude ( Lopez-Ginisty)
L'Eglise orthodoxe, suivant strictement l'exemple et l'enseignement éclatants des Saints Apôtres, l'enseignement des Pères de l'Église qui leur ont succédés, et les décisions d'inspiration divine des Conciles œcuméniques, garde comme une perle de grand prix la foi de l'Eglise une, sainte, catholique et apostolique que le plérôme des chrétiens connaît à travers sa participation aux Sacrements et à la vie spirituelle de l'ensemble divinement fondé du corps ecclésiastique.
Ainsi, quel que soit le mouvement et la tension improvisée, personnelle ou collective, au mépris ou en violation des dogmes de la foi chrétienne orthodoxe, et la vie en Christ dans l'Eglise comme unique voie pour le salut de nos âmes, la personnalité auto-proclamée "soi-disant charismatique", est toujours d'autant plus rejetée comme innovation inacceptable.
Dans cet esprit, et pour la protection bénéfique de notre pieux plérôme orthodoxe, de la confusion spirituelle dangereuse, qui ne connaît pas bien les questions sous-jacentes au risque de l'illusion [spirituelle], rejette de la Mère Église Vasiliki Pentaki Paraskevis - Ryden, largement connue sous le nom de "Vassoula", et son organisation fondée sous le titre de "La Vraie Vie en Dieu" qui témérairement et frivolement propose un enseignement basé sur un prétendu "dialogue direct entre elle et le fondateur de l'Église, le Christ Jésus notre Seigneur", et ceux conquis par elle et les partisans de "La Vraie Vie en Dieu ", qui s'écartent de façon arbitraire de l'enseignement donné par Dieu de l'Eglise, mais qui scandalisent aussi l'esprit orthodoxe des pieux croyants.
Par conséquent, nous appelons les promoteurs de ces innovations inacceptables et les partisans qui les entretiennent, qui désormais ne sont pas admis à la communion ecclésiastique, non seulement de ne pas être impliqués dans le travail pastoral de la section locale de la Sainte Métropole, mais aussi de ne pas prêcher leur nouvel enseignement, pour éviter les sanctions appropriées en vertu des saints canons.
Nous exprimons enfin, la profonde tristesse du Patriarcat œcuménique pour les actes de neuf (ils sont - heureusement- peu nombreux) membres du clergé de l'Eglise Orthodoxe qui se trouvent à des causeries de ladite "Vassoula" et lui donnent un "certificat d'Orthodoxie."
Au Patriarcat, le 16 Mars 2011
Du Secrétariat général du Saint et Sacré Synode
Version française d'après
http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/03/announcement-on-vassula-ryden-by.html
sur l'excellent blog de John Sanidopoulos
Thanks for your translation John, at least i understand that not all His flocks understand the messages. I am a Roman Catholic, and through the books of True Life in God (TLIG), in which Jesus speaks to Vassula, I return to a Roman Catholic after many years abandoning my own Church. By reading, meditating and implementing TLIG Messages, i become aware of my eastern brother, which is the Orthodox Church. Vassula is only a weak instrument used by Jesus to deliver His Messages. What the Church 'condemns' Vassula, including similiar case imposed by the Catholic Church, is considered to 'condemn' God as well. TLIG messages contain actually simple messages that are repentance of the sinners like me, unity of the Church after separating so many years since 1054. Are not those genuinely delivered messages by God Himself? What the benefit of Vassula to become messenger of God or self-proclaimed messages? Is Vassula getting rich about it? She is not and she is weak like us too. God himself approached her in 1985 and that's the way He keeps doing to humans for the sake of His unconditional love in terms of our salvation. Can we, as fragile human, feel the fruits of the work of God? Can Satan ask us to repent, to make peace with neighbors? So truly, truly, God loves us beyond our comprehension even to least, the weakest, the lime and so on. Thanks John. Leo, Jakarta Indonesia
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ReplyDeleteWell now they have condemned the prophetess of Unity as in olden days the Gnostics were condemned. However, she is not a Gnostic - one could weep for grief. They miss the last bus only because they feel offended.
For all that it is the very own thing of the Galilean originally held by them - to forgive the Latin Church - once and for all, definitely, sustainably; as the Mum of the Nazarene had forgiven those who had fixed her Son to the wood of torture and execution.
What i cannot understand is the fact, that the brides on the Athos do not have enough humility and intellect to be the salt of the Byzantine World to follow the example of Miriam of Nazareth. Just and exactly they have dedicated their lives to this goal and it is just this topic they fail.
They might be sinners of weakness - God forgives. But it is this one sin which will not be forgiven.
i had an impulse to the concept of „innovation“:
ReplyDeleteWhere do the Bible and the texts of the fathers use this concept? Be honest and - as the ancient latin poet says: „sine ira et sine studio“ (without anger and without bias)
Well...it seems to me that "Churches" kept condemning prophets and messengers...and after centuries if not years; the same churches will put them on the pedestal of sanctity. Shame, what a paradox. Cast the first stone if you did not sin!
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